 s their estate ; To smile for joy than sigh for woe, To be content than to be great. " How far less blest am I than them ! Daily to pine and waste with care, Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air.  Waverly Novels: Kenilworth. The pirateby Walter Scott - 1842Snippet view - About this book
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1870 - 494 pages
...! they little know How far more happy's their estate ; To smile for joy than sigh for woe — To be content than to be great. How far less blest am I...minions proud my peace destroy By sullen frowns or pi tilings rude. The mastiff howl'd at village door, The oaks were shatter'd on the green ; Woe was... | |
 | George Adlard - 1870 - 386 pages
...for joy, than sigh for woe ; To be content, than to be great. " How far less blest am I than them P Daily to pine and waste with care ! Like the poor...cruel Earl, can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Tour minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns or pratings rude. " Last night, as sad I chanced... | |
 | George Adlard - 1870 - 402 pages
...they little know How far more happy's their estate — To smile for joy, than sigh for woe ; To be content, than to be great. " How far less blest am I than them P Daily to pine and waste with care ! Like the poor plant that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...estate ; To smile for joy, than sigh for woe ; To be content, than to be great. How far less bless'd his. The dew of the morning Sunk chill on my brow...Of what I feel now. Thy vowa are all broken, And li crnel Earl ! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude ; Your minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...! they little know How far more happy's their estate ; To smile for joy, than sigh for woe i To be content, than to be great. " How far less blest am...peace destroy, By sullen frowns, or pratings rude. CUMNOR HALL. " Last night, as sad I chanced to stray, The village death-bell smote my ear ; They winked... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...nymphs! they little know How far more happy's their estate; To smile for joy, than sigh for woe; To be content, than to be great. "How far less blest am...waste with care! Like the poor plant, that, from its gtcm Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel earl ! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude;... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry - 1875 - 168 pages
...mark my silken train, ' Nor think a Countess can have woe. ' How far less blest am I than them ! 45 ' Daily to pine and waste with care, ' Like the poor...that, from its stem ' Divided, feels the chilling air. ' My spirits flag ; my hopes decay ; ' Still that dread death-bell smites my ear : 50 ' And many a... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1877 - 290 pages
...far more happy 's their estate; To smile for joy than sigh for woe, To be content than to be great. Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided,...the chilling air. "Nor, cruel Earl! can I enjoy The hnmble charms of solitude; Your minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns or pratings rude.... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...Salute me lowly as they go : ' Envious they mark my silken train, ' Nor think a Countess can have woe. ' How far less blest am I than them ! ' Daily to pine...that, from its stem ' Divided, feels the chilling air. ' My spirits flag ; my hopes decay ; ' Still that dread death-bell smites my car : ' And many a boding... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 312 pages
...they little know How far more happy 's their estate ; To smile for joy than sigh for woe — To be content — than to be great. " How far less blest...am I than them ? Daily to pine and waste with care 1 Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air. " Nor, cruel Earl I can... | |
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